Speeches
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 842 Collections and/or Records:
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(Untitled), 01 Jan 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/26/80-82
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (Toronto, Ontario [Canada] on the notepaper of 105 Mount Street) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] about his lecture tour including: the limited financial success of the tour; a disagreement with [Major James] Pond who is described as "a vulgar Yankee impressario"; the keen reception he received from audiences in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto; a pleasant stay with [4th Lord] Minto where he saw "P" [Pamela Plowden, later Lady Lytton]; financial affairs and his pride in...
Dates:
01 Jan 1901
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Acquired Papers
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Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. Includes material relating to WSC's time in South Africa during the Boer War and to the elections he contested at Oldham [Lancashire]. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 30 Sep 1896 - 01 Oct [1896]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/22/10
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (S S Britannia, In the Indian Ocean) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he is looking forward to reaching India and describes sailing through the [Suez] canal and his intention to continue playing chess. He also reports that he spoke in a "Breach of Promise" case and was surprised by his success and that his speech impediment did not interfere with his speech, and comments on a fraud [perpetrated on them by James Cruickshank].
Dates:
30 Sep 1896 - 01 Oct [1896]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
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Acquired Papers: Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described. Several items relate to WSC's time in Bangalore, India as a subaltern in the 4th Hussars.
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(Untitled), 27 Oct [1898]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/25/47
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (35a Great Cumberland Place [London]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that his speech at Dover [Kent] was successful despite a pause when he lost his train of thought.
Dates:
27 Oct [1898]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
/
Letters and telegrams from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. Several items relate to WSC's time with the Nile Expeditionary Force under Sir Herbert Kitchener in the Sudan. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
Unknown
(Untitled), 29 Jan 1946
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/158/68-69
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter from WSC (As from 5905, North Bay Road, Miami Beach, Florida) to President Harry Truman including: thanks for the use of a plane which he intends to use to travel to Cuba; the possibility that he will travel to Veracruz [Mexico] to paint; arrangements to meet with Truman to discuss WSC's planned message at Fulton [Missouri, United States]), commenting "I think it very likely that we shall be in full agreement about it. Under your auspices anything I say will command some...
Dates:
29 Jan 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
(Untitled), 03 Oct 1945
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/230B/349-350
Scope and Contents
Letter from F McCluer, President, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri [United States] to WSC inviting him to deliver the Green Lecture(s) in 1945-6 at Westminster College, expressing the hope that "any discussions coming from you and delivered from this forum...will be of immense and enduring significance, and will promote the international understanding requisite to the maintenance of peace", informing him that there will be an honorarium, and suggesting publication of the lecture. He...
Dates:
03 Oct 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
(Untitled), 10 Dec 1948
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/22B/302-352
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (10 December, House of Commons) on foreign affairs including: the partition of Ireland and imperial preference; relations with the United States; the achievements of General Dwight Eisenhower; government policy regarding Germany and assistance to the people of Berlin; the progress of European integration; affairs in Palestine and Spain; and the likelihood of war with the Soviet Union.Typescript speaking notes laid out in "psalm style" to aid delivery with...
Dates:
10 Dec 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Visit to Bonn [Germany], 1971
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 3/6/1
Scope and Contents
Speech and travel.
Dates:
1971
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"Wars are not won by evacuations", 04 Jun 1940
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/140A/9-28
Scope and Contents
Typescript copy of notes for WSC's speech on the fall of Belgium and surrender of King [Leopold] of Belgium; the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk [France]; the successes of the RAF; losses of men and weaponry; military development and the possibility of German invasion. Speech includes the phrase "We shall fight on the beaches . . . We shall never surrender".Carbon typescript copy with some manuscript annotations in ink [not by WSC] laid out in "psalm style" apart...
Dates:
04 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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"Waving to the crowds in Whitehall", 1945-05-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/243
Scope and Contents
Photo taken from above and behind WSC shows him facing away from the camera and standing at a balcony looking down at a huge crowd of people below. He has a cigar in his mouth and is holding his hand up making a victory sign. A microphone is just seen in front of him.
Dates:
1945-05-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
File
Wednesday Speech: Blackpool [Lancashire], 1966
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 3/2/88
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers cover all Wolff's positions in the Conservative Party: his work in the Research Department, 1965-70; then as Special Adviser to the Government, 1970-74 (the files from this period are the most numerous, containing Government papers); then Director-General of the Party. Particular sequences in the papers include the reports of the Opinion Research Centre, a large number of subject files and files relating to the 1970 General Election, particularly speeches.
Dates:
1966
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Weekend Speeches, 1971 - 1972
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 3/3/85
Scope and Contents
Text.
Dates:
1971 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
"Winston S. Churchill. His Memoirs and His Speeches", 1964
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WCHL 12/18
Scope and Contents
Issued by Decca.
In a black presentation slipcase, with an illustrated booklet.
Comprising twelve 33rpm 12" records.
Record 1, side 1: Winston Churchill reflects upon the hour of the Armistice, 11 November 1918; and Winston Churchill reads from his history "The Second World War", 1919 to 1929, "The Follies of the Victors".
Record 1, side 2: Winston Churchill reads from his history "The Second World War", 1919 to 1929, "The Follies of...
Dates:
1964
Conditions Governing Access:
Access copies available for: Record 3, side 6, "Tradition and Novelty in Art", Royal Academy Banquet, London, 30 April 1938; Record 6, side 12, "Wars Are Not Won by Evacuations", House of Commons, 4 June 1940; Record 8, side 15, "The Few", House of Commons, 20 August 1940.
File
Wrestling with the Angel, 1973-03 - 1988-04
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/4/33
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, mainly with representatives of the SPCK (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge) and SPCK Sheldon Press, on the publication and sales of a collection of JEP's writings on the Gospel, Wrestling with the Angel. Other correspondents include: Bryan Magee, on including the text of a television dialogue between himself and JEP in the book (3); James Kinlay, Features Editor of the Sunday Express, on JEP's article Why I Believe in God (3).
Also includes: royalty...
Dates:
1973-03 - 1988-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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WSC speaking in support of Nigel Davies, 1950-02-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 5/3/54
Scope and Contents
Photograph shows WSC at Royal Forest Hotel, Chingford [Essex] shown standing with his hands in his pockets looking amused. Those seated around him, including Mr West and local candidate Nigel Davies, are smiling and clapping.
Dates:
1950-02-15
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original
File
WSC speeches, 1941
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WCHL 12/20
Scope and Contents
12" gramophone records, including: Westward, Look, the Land is Bright; The German Invasion; Give us the Tools; On Towards the Ridge; The Atlantic Charter; Steady Through the Storm.
Dates:
1941
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
The majority of items in WCHL 12 are closed on physical grounds, but some individual records do have access copies on cd: see catalogue for details.
File
WSC speeches, 1940 - 1944
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WCHL 12/21
Scope and Contents
12" gramophone records.
Dates:
1940 - 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
The majority of items in WCHL 12 are closed on physical grounds, but some individual records do have access copies on cd: see catalogue for details.
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WSC's speech for the debate on the address, 06 Nov 1951
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/45A/6-52
Scope and Contents
Speech notes WSC's speech (House of Commons) for the debate on the address, on subjects including: the political divisions in the country; the charge of war-mongering laid against the Conservatives, and the need for steady government; the restoration of university representation in Parliament; the repeal of the Iron and Steel Nationalization Act; future parliamentary business, including the defence debate; keeping the Minister of Education out of the Cabinet, and Welsh representation in...
Dates:
06 Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open